Class D Amplification Announcement

Well, this thread went in a direction different than what I had in mind.  I own class D amps, SET amps, and AB amps, but I didn't really want to get into the relative merits of each.  What I had in mind was to discuss the irresponsible ways that audio gurus 'infilict' their opinions and biases on us poor audiophiles.

If the staff of critics at TAS deserve all this derision, how far down Hell's rings do the opinions of we ordinary audiophiles rank? Can we ride our horses under the door? 🙄

Ordinary audiophiles are not paid to write reviews. 

@jjss49 Thanks for mentioning the AGD amps. How would you compare to an all-tube system in general? To be more specific, let's say if someone like the tube sound and has not been satisfied with SS ... should this person consider AGD?

P.S. I'm in no way implying that tubes are better than SS or vice versa. But for my personal taste in music, tubes offer something that SS does not. Of course, just the opposite can be true for someone else.

Coming from being familiar with pro amps, I had some adverse opinions regarding using them for Hi-Fi. Ok for HT, but not Hi-FI. Had class AB most of my life in my stereo setups. Then an opportunity came to test some lightly used MBL N15 Class D monoblock amps. There was a little glare, but they sounded so clean and powerful, with great bass of course, overall significantly better than my ARC Ref 160M (within my setup). Changed my cables from silver to copper and it got better.

I took the plunge and bought them. Several months have passed and they have just gotten better. Visiting audiophile friends confirm this, they cannot identify them as a Class D anymore just from listening. Perhaps they needed enough burn-in? I believe the original owner gave up on them too soon. MBL’s LASA technology has been around for a while but it does not seem to get all the merit it deserves.

This experience opened my eyes to the progress of class D amp technology.